Example sentences of "her face " in BNC.
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| 1 | All seven of her faces wear a blank expression . |
| 2 | I had seen her face before , but only in silhouette , anonymous , as she spoke out about the inhuman conditions of political prisoners in Morocco 's forgotten dungeons . |
| 3 | With two pitch-balls stuck in her face for eyes ; |
| 4 | A girl of twelve turned her face to the wall , refused all nourishment , and so passed away . |
| 5 | Beside her , chair drawn a little back , Miss Abernethie sat , her face rigid with disapproval , though of what precisely there was no telling . |
| 6 | She did look unwell — her face was pale . |
| 7 | Something in her face , in her eyes , in the clenched line of her jaw , had made him hurry out of the tent after her . |
| 8 | Bunty , in a rather grubby pink kimono , turned from the mirror where she was padding her face with a caked flat powderpuff . |
| 9 | He was used to contrasts : Mother taking morning tea in bed with an old shawl round her shoulders and her hair pinned up under a boudoir cap , her face sticky with face cream as he kissed her good bye before school ; and Mother in full evening dress decked out in false pearls , her eyelashes beaded with mascara , dominating the stage in any play 's Last act … |
| 10 | You was big enough for her , I could see , but you 're only a baby still really. , ’ Jessie was crying now too , the tears swelling slowly out above the bags and pouches of her face and running into the wrinkles . |
| 11 | The tears on her face were a different colour now . |
| 12 | She raced upstairs again , paused at the door to touch her face and neck , everywhere Lucy had touched her . |
| 13 | Lucy buried her face in Jay 's neck , moaned into her mouth . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know what to do , ’ said Lucy , hiding her face , tears pouring through her clenched fingers . |
| 15 | Lucy 's firm small hand cupped her chin and drew her face upwards . |
| 16 | Lucy wept , her hand against her face , wiped her eyes as more tears came . |
| 17 | ‘ You 're sweet , ’ said Lucy , stroking her face , holding her hand , ‘ but it was a long long time ago . |
| 18 | Suddenly Lucy unballed her fists from her face and kissed her , open mouthed , hard . |
| 19 | Her face in the mirror looked raddled , eyes wild and angry and pained , mouth set . |
| 20 | She felt every one of her thirty some years sitting on her face , and stared at this disoriented stranger , her self . |
| 21 | Jay had a horror of moths flying into her face and hair ; she liked to think of herself as someone who cups her hands for moths and spiders and frees them . |
| 22 | The liquid brings blood to her face . |
| 23 | Street lamps streak her face , a voice streaks unconscious ears as the driver curses the dark , the hour , the traffic , the bloody liability sprawled on the back seat . |
| 24 | She froze her face . |
| 25 | Her face was only a foot from his . |
| 26 | Feet sounded on the slope above the field and Donald came into sight , Jean close behind him , her face fiery . |
| 27 | Sometimes she ran — through the rare rain or to feel the wind on her face . |
| 28 | Other than that , it was important that she should look interesting so that even if what she said was dull the audience would not be bored ; that the outfit should take account of the long range view — jewellery or other small items were irrelevant — and that it should draw attention to her face . |
| 29 | She tipped her face up to the sun . |
| 30 | She washed her face and smoothed cream over her skin . |